We performed a comparison between AWS WAF and Imperva DDoS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Web Application Firewall (WAF) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The tool’s stability is very good."
"The most valuable feature is the security, making sure that files are protected, preventing unauthorized users from accessing the system."
"The security firewall plus the features that protect against database injections or scripting,"
"The most valuable feature is the capability to limit access based on geographical location by restricting specific IP addresses."
"The most valuable features are the geo-restriction denials and the web ACL."
"The product's initial setup phase was very simple."
"I believe the most impressive features are integration and ease of use. The best part of AWS WAF is the cloud-native WAF integration. There aren't any hidden deployments or hidden infrastructure which we have to maintain to have AWS WAF. AWS maintains everything; all we have to do is click the button, and WAF will be activated. Any packet coming through the internet will be filtered through."
"The most valuable feature of AWS WAF is the extra layer of security that I have when connecting to my web applications."
"I like the user-friendly interface."
"Imperva DDoS is fairly stable, and its availability is quite high."
"Real-time monitoring is also a great tool, as you may watch several parameters in real time."
"Gives us the ability to trace each connection, and to have logs to be able to differentiate between a positive and a false-positive intruder action."
"It fits our requirements, as well as our budget."
"This product is a reliable defense from malicious attacks on a network environment."
"Its unique interface for managing security performance and ease of use are the most valuable features of this solution."
"Scalability is pretty easy on the base platform. You just add another, and you're ready to go."
"They should make the implementation process faster."
"Technical support for AWS WAF needs improvement."
"We don't have much control over blocking, because the WAF is managed by AWS."
"The product could be improved by expanding the weightage units of rules."
"The technical support does not respond to bugs in the coding of the product."
"One area that could be improved is the DDoS protection."
"While the complexity of the installation can vary from one service to another, overall, I would say that it and the configuration and navigation are somewhat complex."
"In a future release of this solution, I would like to see additional management features to make things simpler."
"I miss being able to integrate the dashboard with other BI tools we are using. We have to export and import data to be able to present it, and doing so is a lot of work."
"Imperva should have more points of presence in Africa."
"Some maintenance must be performed by our IT team."
"Analytics in the area of risk need to be improved to supply more information to the users for creating better environments."
"I would like to have support for SSL management and secure DNS."
"The solution needs to improve Integration with third parties for their on-prem deployment models. The integration is not that good yet."
"Imperva DDoS does not provide version control."
"I would like to see automated reporting to improve visibility."
AWS WAF is ranked 1st in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 52 reviews while Imperva DDoS is ranked 18th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 74 reviews. AWS WAF is rated 8.0, while Imperva DDoS is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of AWS WAF writes "A highly stable solution that helps mitigate different kinds of bot attacks and SQL injection attacks". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Imperva DDoS writes "I like the content monitoring feature which I haven't seen in other WAF solutions". AWS WAF is most compared with Azure Web Application Firewall, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, F5 Advanced WAF, Imperva Web Application Firewall and F5 Silverline Managed Services, whereas Imperva DDoS is most compared with Cloudflare, Akamai, Arbor DDoS, Radware DefensePro and Fastly. See our AWS WAF vs. Imperva DDoS report.
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